I have 1st edition of the game and everybody in my group like it a lot. Basically only drawback is that is for four players max, which I hoped was changed when I saw that the second edition will have six guilds. But unfortunately official rules are still for up to four players, so I was wondering did anyone tried to play six players variant and how did that turned out?

There's enough stake cards for 6 players, so it is possible. The set up for a 5 player game is setting up the outside stacks to form a pentagon; for 6, it's going to look like a hexagon. Just a couple of problems you may run into:

- Space. Everyone needs space to put their bids next to the stake cards, and this works out well with 4 players, since everyone can just put their stake cards on one side of the card. With a 5 or 6 player set up, there may be a lot of bids surrounding a stake at once, taking up a bit more space on the table.

- Play time. The box says the game lasts around 1 hour, which is true for a 4 player game if everyone is paying attention and playing their cards quickly (with average players, a 4 player game may take 1 1/2 - 2 hours). Adding more players will add more play time in this game, and while the game is fun, I don't know if many players would be willing to sit down for a 3 hour long game of Arcana (assuming that you're not playing with the Event Deck variant, which will force a timer on the game).